The Return of the Genius Ranker of All Times - Chapter 334

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Chapter 334

Episode 334.

The Non-Human Races are NPCs of the New Continent.

The reason the Empire cannot interfere with the New Continent is because it is strictly the kingdom and continent of the Non-Human Races.

Having lived for long ages, they have shown power that surpasses humanity in each field, so from humans’ perspective, they couldn’t easily touch them.

Fortunately, they were strangely quiet and had never bothered humanity first.

-If they are not enemies, we shall establish smooth exchange relations with them.

That had been humanity’s stance since the emperor before the previous one.

The imperial family of the Empire and the humans of the cities had been steadily working to establish exchanges with them, but regrettably, there had been no great gains so far.

Only a few people including Chilgang had built some acquaintance?

‘I heard Kwonwang is close with the beast tribes.’

Kwonwang, Dran Gradite.

One of the Chilgang and the continent’s strongest martial artist who has virtually no match when it comes to fists.

Perhaps due to his toughness, the rumor that he has quite good relations with several Non-Human Races was already known by many players.

‘If I go to the New Continent, I might see Kwonwang or other Chilgang members.’

It was said that many among the Chilgang were holed up somewhere in the New Continent like hermit masters.

‘No, that’s not the problem right now.’

The Non-Human Races might have exchanged with NPCs like the Chilgang to some extent, but they didn’t exchange with Apostles.

While they originally had no intention of befriending humanity, they had particularly treated Apostles as if they didn’t exist.

Those same beings were now trying to establish relations with an Apostle as NPCs for the first time since Godseeker opened?

“…This is too large-scale?”

This meant the direction of New Continent conquest would be completely different from now.

Finally, the time had come for the New Continent to show its true value.

[That’s not the important thing. The biggest problem is that the New Continent now has graduation rewards too. Like the cities of the Main Continent, the New Continent has now become a place that needs to be seriously conquered.]

“That’s interesting. Then what about those who already graduated?”

[What do you think happened?]

Seeing the confident voice full of laughter, Dohyun grinned.

“They received it, I guess. The graduation reward.”

[To be precise, they didn’t receive it right away. They were given a chance to go back and clear the graduation quest. However…]

“The points accumulated from conquering so far get added as bonuses?”

[You little shit, you catch on quick.]

“If they didn’t do that, the rankers wouldn’t stay quiet. Even I would rise up in protest.”

After chuckling briefly at Auntie’s reaction of bursting into laughter saying that’s right.

Dohyun’s expression became serious.

If this happened, the gap between those who conquered the New Continent and those who stayed on the Main Continent would become enormous.

Even those who had reached max level and remained would all depart for the New Continent.

‘Because otherwise they’d be left behind.’

This was bad news for Dohyun.

For him who hadn’t reached max level, the starting line would be delayed once again.

On the other hand, the Top 10 Guilds that had been conquering the New Continent for half a year would greatly prosper from this.

‘Their position that was shaking from wars and such will be restored.’

Except for Aegis and Leonn Guild, the other guilds would become even more solid than before.

Moreover, it wasn’t only the Top 10 Guilds that had been conquering the New Continent.

Famous high rankers who were already making their mark.

Players who committed crimes or had overwhelmingly high karma scores.

Those who fell for the charm of the New Continent full of Non-Human Races, etc.

The New Continent was full of hidden strong players.

‘All of them will become stronger with this update.’

And among them…

[Demroc.]

The master of the guild that officially reached the land of the giants alone.

I can’t even imagine how much stronger that guy will become.

The biggest beneficiary of this update was ironically Demroc, who had conquered the New Continent the most.

[How about it.]

“What?”

[You and Demroc. You’ve never fought, right.]

“That’s right.”

[That guy is waiting for you to come.]

“…”

Dohyun closed his mouth.

A man he had no reason to fight before was constantly waiting for him?

What that meant was obvious.

Grin.

Dohyun raised one corner of his mouth menacingly and spoke fiercely like a beast.

“Tell him to wash his neck and wait.”

[You little shit.]

Ast chuckled at the confident answer and added in a lightly refreshed voice.

[You’d better hurry. Demroc isn’t the problem – Kukkudakkukku and Sword Master are already becoming inhuman.]

“What? Didn’t those guys not pay much attention to New Continent conquest?”

[I thought so too, but they scored a lot of graduation points from unexpected areas.]

Kukkudakkukku, who doesn’t know the word restraint, unintentionally achieved hidden conditions while picking fights with all sorts of people.

Sword Master, who devoted himself to sword training, caught the attention of Non-Human Races and is already progressing through hidden quests from Non-Human Race NPCs.

[And… I also have quite some power in the New Continent. I think I’ll hit it big soon.]

“…Even trusted Auntie?”

[What, you bastard? What does that mean?]

“I don’t know.”

[You little shit, what? You don’t know I’m flying around here? In the New Continent, when they hear Babylon, anywhere you go they’ll acknowledge… well, not really, but still they somewhat recognize…]

Ast got worked up and started a speech about his greatness, but Dohyun wasn’t in a state to listen to such things.

At this rate, forget Demroc or whatever, he’d end up being ignored by his comrades right away.

‘Sigh, damn it.’

Defeating Garion was possible because of the cheat called the Demon King’s unique magic.

Without cheats, one-on-one against the Empress and Sword Master, he was still at a disadvantage in reality.

In such a situation, those guys were seriously growing?

‘…This is going to be tough to catch up.’

To make matters worse, it wasn’t only his comrades he had to watch out for.

[Daeseon is also conquering intensely. Every time I run into him, seeing him go crazy with those sparkling eyes and slashing away makes even me feel creepy.]

“…Daeseon? Is he in the New Continent now?”

[Huh? What, you didn’t know?]

When Dohyun asked in surprise, Ast seemed even more surprised as his words grew longer.

[She felt her inadequacy from this incident. Said she’s still too lacking and doesn’t dare have the qualifications to guard God’s side or something. She said she’d devote herself to training and return when she’s qualified? Come to think of it, she asked me to tell you…]

Ast, who had been trailing off, asked in a doubtful voice.

[…Don’t tell me you’re not friends?]

“…I think so.”

When Dohyun reluctantly answered after a moment of silence, Ast shouted in an exaggerated tone.

[Wow, what a heartless bastard. When a woman shows such loyalty and devotion, how can you not even friend her? You’ve just been taking everything for free?]

“What woman.”

[Why not? She’s full of loyalty, only looks at you, and takes good care of you. Perfect wife material, isn’t she?]

“…Taking care?”

Could slashing throats first with clear eyes when someone insults or interferes with him be called taking care?

Dohyun imagined a future of receiving her care(?) and shook his head in less than a second.

It was dizzying from the start.

After continuing several trivial conversations and ending the discussion, Dohyun let out a sigh.

“The New Continent update and non-human races starting to move in earnest… What kind of chaos is this.”

The Guardians suddenly interjected into Dohyun’s complaints.

-The timing is absolutely incredible, right.

-Rizariza.

-It seems Gamillion’s words are correct, Master.

“Right. It is quite ominous.”

At Charlie’s words, Dohyun recalled his conversation with Gamillion after leaving the audience chamber and before arriving at the hunting ground.

* * *

-…Pardon? What did you just say, Successor. What disappeared?

Gamillion couldn’t hide his shock at the news that only traces of the Fate Fragment remained in the Empire, having vanished without a trace.

-This is a very serious matter. If someone accidentally took it, that would be relatively fortunate, but if they intentionally touched it knowing it was a Fate Fragment…

Breaking the covenant, saying this couldn’t happen when the promised day hadn’t arrived yet.

He kept muttering to himself with a serious expression.

‘That promised day again?’

At this point, frustrated, he asked what it was, but there was no way an answer would come.

-…I cannot tell you yet. Since it’s not certain the covenant was broken, confirmation is needed, so please understand.

Once again, he only promised to explain later.

Since he hadn’t expected anything from the start, there was nothing to be disappointed about.

What was important now was the whereabouts of the fragment.

-I apologize, Successor. I showed an unseemly display.

Gamillion, who came to his senses at those words, carefully pondered before answering.

-There’s no way to know for now. If there are no traces in the Empire… going to the New Continent is the only answer for now.

“The New Continent… Does that mean the non-human races are the culprits?”

-They are those who know ancient history. The possibility of that is probably low.

“Even knowing the history, couldn’t they still covet it?”

Rather, knowing the history, they might covet it more because they better understand its true value.

It was a valid opinion, but Gamillion was firm.

-Not everyone knows. The great kings who were called masters of the ancient throne. Only those at the elder level of the five races with their blood flowing would know…

They had no reason to do such a thing.

Because they were in a position to protect the Fate Fragments.

-Above all, it’s strange.

Gamillion suddenly stroked his long beard and expressed doubt.

-Reports came in that the non-human races began moving actively, starting exchanges with the Apostles.

“I’m aware of that.”

-There would be no reason for them to bother exchanging with the Apostles.

If they moved despite that, there was only one reason.

A reason that made it necessary arose.

-It seems something is happening.

And if it was such a matter, wouldn’t there be a high probability it was related to the fragments?

For instance.

The one who took the fifth fragment appeared on the New Continent.

“If it’s not the non-human races… it would be one of two.”

-Yes.

The Abyss. Or the Moonlight Order.

It could be someone new, but for now, they seemed most deeply involved.

After all, they were the ones constantly entangled throughout the Main Quest progression.

-The Elders won’t hand over the fragments… but it would be better to hurry. You should cross to the New Continent quickly and gather the fragments.

“If the Elders know the history, couldn’t I just ask them for it?”

-Hmm, it’s not that simple. Just meeting them will be difficult… Even if you meet them, obtaining the fragments is a separate matter. Actually, that’s why I’m not worried about them losing the fragments…

“? What do you mean…”

Dohyun tilted his head at the cryptic words, but Gamillion only smiled mysteriously as always.

-You’ll understand when you go there, Successor.

“…Ah, yes. I suppose so.”

-Then I pray the Successor will successfully make contact with the Elders.

“What will you be doing, Gamillion?”

-I cannot cross to the New Continent yet, so I’ll go when preparations are complete.

“…Yes, I suppose so.”

Ding-

[You have cleared the Main Quest, The Lost Fate Fragment (1).]

[Continuing to The Lost Fate Fragment (2).]

As if driving the final nail, a quest appeared above Dohyun who was shaking his head.

That was the end of the conversation.

* * *

Finishing his recollection, Dohyun sighed and looked up.

The quest window was greeting Dohyun, floating there tactlessly.

[The Lost Fate Fragment (2)]

-Grade: Main Quest, Job Quest

-Description: Something is expected to have happened to the non-human races.

The situation has a high probability of being connected to those who took the fifth Fate Fragment.

The five races called masters of the continent.

Among them, meet the Elder of the Fairy race, the first master of the New Continent, and find out what’s happening.

-Quest Success: Continues to linked quest ‘The Lost Fate Fragment (3)’.

-Quest Failure: Destruction of The Lost Fate Fragment (3) quest.

-Time Limit: None.

‘So I have to roll around and find out myself?’

Perhaps because Kashiyar’s motto was to roll around and find out directly.

It was a truly consistent quest method.

Honestly, it was annoying, but there was no reason to refuse.

‘Actually, this works out well.’

The various content and quests created with the New Continent update.

And even the graduation quest.

In this situation where being even a day late would put him behind, he had to grow quickly and cross to the New Continent anyway.

In such circumstances, wouldn’t this serve as excellent kindling to fuel his motivation?

“Let’s go, guys.”

-Huh? Where to?

“Where else.”

So there was only one thing to do now.

Gripping Cheonbyeon in his hand and turning around, Dohyun’s eyes flashed like a predator’s.

“We’re going to hit max level.”

Dohyun’s current level was 96.

Considering it would normally take several months to go from 96 to 100, there was no time to waste leisurely like this.

“Let’s go sweep up experience points.”

-Yes. I shall assist you, Master.

Charlie fell in step beside Dohyun, who was leading with a grin spreading across his face.

Behind the two taking the lead, Jihad let out a groan.

-Ugh, my whole body. Haven’t I recovered yet? My entire body aches…

Jihad felt sad that his owner was going without caring about his opinion at all, even though he wanted to rest more.

He would have liked to rest more if he had his way, but today too his owner was leaving without any regard for his opinion, which made Jihad sad.

Was it because he had been trapped underground for so long?

He hated being alone, so he always hurriedly followed along, but….

-Eliza, we’re going slowly… huh?

-Risa!

Just when he thought it would be okay this time since Eliza was there and tried to take it easy.

Hop-!

Before he could even finish speaking, Eliza, who had been on top of Jihad’s head, hopped and jumped up.

-E, Eliza?

His pupils shook at Eliza’s betrayal, whom he had trusted, but only for a moment.

In the brief time a considerable distance had opened up, Jihad frantically followed and shouted.

-I, I want to come too!

-Risa!

-Let’s go together!

As always, leaving the noisy bunch behind, Dohyun chuckled and looked up.

It was a blue sky.

【End of Part 1】

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